The fallout from Storm vs Manly (Spoilers)

[Spanner in the works]

It sounds as though ultimately it is the responsibility of the home team to time sin bins.

As far as I can see, Manly are absolved of all blame. They don't have a time keeper.

Then it goes to Melbourne, who complained.

So it falls back on the NRL!

Regardless, how does this wrong get righted?

My problem is that the NRL official - and sideline ref - won't let players back on the field unless they are given the go-ahead, and that Manly ignored the legitimate complaints of Melbourne.

To the letter of the law as soon as Melbourne raised a complaint (in having deferred to Melbourne), Manly should've immediately called their players back, and the NRL should've stopped them before entering the field. They did not.

If Manly did indeed have its own official, it's even worse.

 

[Joeboy]

What a debacle, can't wait to watch greensmarm squirm out of this one.

Still don't know why walker got sin binned anyways?

 

[some11]

RL never fails to amuse.

How hard is it for an official to click a stopwatch and wait until it hits 10 minutes?

 

[Last Week]

My problem is that the NRL official - and sideline ref - won't let players back on the field unless they are given the go-ahead, and that Manly ignored the legitimate complaints of Melbourne.

To the letter of the law as soon as Melbourne raised a complaint (in having deferred to Melbourne), Manly should've immediately called their players back, and the NRL should've stopped them before entering the field. They did not.

If Manly did indeed have its own official, it's even worse.

Manly apparently did not have their own official. It is entirely reasonable for them to trust the timing of the NRL official.

 

[thorson1987]

He has other things to worry about. He knows it.

Yep.

 

[beave]

RL never fails to amuse.

How hard is it for an official to click a stopwatch and wait until it hits 10 minutes?

Why the f**k do you need a stop watch though. There’s a huge scoreboard at each ground with the game clock on it.

Get sent off at the 53rd minute, you come back on in the 63rd.

Trust the NRL to make this harder than it needs to be. The game should be monitoring the sin bin timings and allowing the players back onto the field of play, letting the clubs do it is thwart with f**king danger.

 

[t-ba]

Why the f**k do you need a stop watch though. There’s a huge scoreboard at each ground with the game clock on it.

Get sent off at the 53rd minute, you come back on in the 63rd.

Trust the NRL to make this harder than it needs to be. The game should be monitoring the sin bin timings and allowing the players back onto the field of play, letting the clubs do it is thwart with f**king danger.

Or the NRL work experience kid it would appear

 

[Spanner in the works]

Manly apparently did not have their own official. It is entirely reasonable for them to trust the timing of the NRL official.

Except that as soon as Melbourne raised the complaint, Manly should've called their players back. Maybe the NRL official is incompetent, but that's blatant cheating as far as I'm concerned.

 

[t-ba]

I will preface this with the fact I know we are losing the two points. Toddy loathes us.

Except that as soon as Melbourne raised the complaint, Manly should've called their players back. Maybe the NRL official is incompetent, but that's blatant cheating as far as I'm concerned.

Seeing as neither Melbourne nor Manly were aware of this rule I don't see how that is particularly fair.

 

[thorson1987]

Why the f**k do you need a stop watch though. There’s a huge scoreboard at each ground with the game clock on it.

Get sent off at the 53rd minute, you come back on in the 63rd.

Trust the NRL to make this harder than it needs to be. The game should be monitoring the sin bin timings and allowing the players back onto the field of play, letting the clubs do it is thwart with f**king danger.

Because the sin bin doesn't actually go off the game clock.

Yeah the time doesn't start until the ref blows time on, but any further stoppages have no affect on the sin bin.

 

[skeepe]

As I posted in the match thread... it’s Manly’s fault, because clubs are supposed to keep their own sin bin time BUT Manly didn’t, which means it’s Melbourne’s fault because then it’s up to the home timekeeper BUT it’s the NRL’s fault because they supplied their own timekeeper and he f**ked it up.

Figure that one out.

 

[Uncle Kraka]

Except that as soon as Melbourne raised the complaint, Manly should've called their players back. Maybe the NRL official is incompetent, but that's blatant cheating as far as I'm concerned.

You can’t bring players back off just because Melbourne made a complaint. What if Melbourne were wrong? Manly lose players for longer than 10 mins. There is obviously a checkpoint players must pass before entering the field. Whoever was there f**ked up.

 

[Iafeta]

This is Mr Apology, Peter Beattie's, time to shine.

Wait. There’s a team in Manly??

 

[eagles4eva]

The NRL incompetent hierarchy will pass blame onto the Eagles.. The points will be deducted, Toddy will come out in the media explaining that clubs need to take more responsibility...The NRL will come out of this error free...

 

[gunpk]

How many week for Scott? Apparently Walker has a fractured eye socket so he'll be out for a while.

 

[mave]

Wait. There’s a team in Manly??

Lucky we weren't playing Cronulla.

 

[thorson1987]

How many week for Scott? Apparently Walker has a fractured eye socket so he'll be out for a while.

3 Dally M points.

 

[Spanner in the works]

I will preface this with the fact I know we are losing the two points. Toddy loathes us.



Seeing as neither Melbourne nor Manly were aware of this rule I don't see how that is particularly fair.

Which rule is that? 10 minutes in the bin? Two first grade clubs not knowing the rules of rugby league, along with an NRL official, does not pass the sniff test to me.

 

[Willie Ray]

The NRL incompetent hierarchy will pass blame onto the Eagles.. The points will be deducted, Toddy will come out in the media explaining that clubs need to take more responsibility...The NRL will come out of this error free...

but don't forget to talk the game up

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

How many week for Scott? Apparently Walker has a fractured eye socket so he'll be out for a while.

A medal.

....5 weeks